Jan Kaneen holds an MA in Creative Writing from the Open University. She writes often dark, surreal and strange short stories and flash fictions merging lived experience with fiction, and has been published in many on-line and in-print magazines and journals including Bath Flash Anthologies, Retreat West winners anthologies, The Fish Anthology, The Dinesh Allirajah Anthology, The Bacopa Review and Molotov Cocktail Winners Anthologies. Her stories have won prizes in places like Bath Flash, Flash 500, The National Flash Fiction Day Comp, InkTears, Molotov Cocktail, Scribble Magazine, Horror Scribes, Retreat West, Ellipsis Litzine and the Segora Short Story Competition. Her debut memoir-in-flash The Naming of Bones is available from Retreat West Books.

Michael Carter is a writer and an occasional photographer from the Western United States, with family heritage apple orcharding in Washington and homesteading in Montana. His short fiction and creative nonfiction stories appear regularly in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. His most bothersome flash fiction was recently collected in Boneyard Tales (Greenbelt Press 2022). When he’s not at the keyboard or scavenging the boneyard, he can be found at the river’s edge fishing or RVing around the nation.

Chandra Steele is a writer and journalist from New York. Her work has appeared in Capsule Stories, superfroot, No Contact, Wigleaf, Storm Cellar, Ample Remains, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Hyperallergic, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Entropy, and others. Rick Moody once said she wrote the best description of a racetrack he has ever read. She has never been to a racetrack. More of her writing can be found at chandrasteele.com. Follow her on Twitter: @ChanSteele.

Andrea DeAngelis is at times a poet, writer, shutterbug and musician living in New York City. Her writing has recently appeared in Bowery Gothic, The Wild Hunt, The Molotov Cocktail, Timeless Tales and Tin House. She is currently writing her first novel Pushed. Andrea also sings and plays guitar in the indie rock band MAKAR (www.makarmusic.com) who released their third album, Fancy Hercules, on November 19, 2021. Website: www.andreadeangelis.com

Maura Yzmore is a short-fiction author, writing mostly dark and speculative tales (horror, sci-fi, and fantasy). She lives with her family in the American Midwest and drives in the snow like a champ. Maura 's gainfully employed as a math nerd, but don't hold it against her. Website: https://maurayzmore.com Twitter: @MauraYzmore

Mark Purnell is a writer, investor and musician living in New York City. His writing has recently appeared in The Molotov Cocktail and he is currently working on his debut novel. Mark sings, writes and plays piano in the indie rock band MAKAR (www.makarmusic.com)